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'We weren't too ambitious when we started out. We just wanted to be the biggest thing that ever
walked the planet.' - Steven Tyle.
And so began the 33 year (and counting!) career of Boston rock band Aerosmith. With a penis joke.
Three years and three albums after their debut self-titled album bombed the band were one of
America's biggest rock bands, both in the studio and on tour. The release of Toys In The Attic
in 1975 catapulted the band to arena headliner status. They followed their breakthrough album with
their most commercially successful effort yet, Rocks, rel ...read more
'We weren't too ambitious when we started out. We just wanted to be the biggest thing that ever
walked the planet.' - Steven Tyle.
And so began the 33 year (and counting!) career of Boston rock band Aerosmith. With a penis joke.
Three years and three albums after their debut self-titled album bombed the band were one of
America's biggest rock bands, both in the studio and on tour. The release of Toys In The Attic
in 1975 catapulted the band to arena headliner status. They followed their breakthrough album with
their most commercially successful effort yet, Rocks, released the following year to rave
reviews. The music was sleazy and raw. They were musicians but there was nothing pompous or
conceited about them, they were people's musicians. Years of hard work, hard touring and
determination had paid off and Aerosmith had delivered the musical money-shot and it was on
everybody's face. More importantly, they loved it.
Formed in Boston in 1970 when Bostonians Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton joined with New Yorkers
Steven Tallarico (later Tyler) and Joey Kramer in an ice-cream parlour in New Hampshire and moved
together to Boston under the name 'Aerosmith', a term Kramer claims to have invented in high
school. All 4 musicians shared influences, pure British blues-rock - The Yardbirds,
Fleetwood Mac and, though the influence is overstated, The Rolling Stones. As the band
matured, adding guitarist Brad Whitford to their ranks in '71, they began to take in wider influences,
including the exploding funk scene typified by Sly & The Family Stone. Having toured
intensively for another year, the band secured a record deal with CBS Records and began work on
their debut album, Aerosmith in October of 1972. The album, released the next year, was a
commercial failure and would've resulted in the band's contract being torn up had it not been for the
promising performance of the singlea 'Dream On,' considered by many to be the first ever power
ballad.
It's perhaps surprising for those of us raised with the image of Aerosmith as the elder statesmen of
rock, the group which inadvertently spearheaded the rap-rock crossover craze and starred in
Wayne's World 2, that their sound has evolved significantly over the years. As the main inspiration
for a raft of '80s hard rock bands, it was only fitting that Aerosmith should churn out some of the
most successful albums of the era, even if it meant updating their sound to fit in. So began a string
of ballad-heavy albums with scene leaders Geffen Records, including Permanent Vacation,
Pump and Get A Grip. The group's popularity dwindled with the onset of grunge (though
they maintained far more credibility than most of their peers) and have continued to release
successful recordings including 1997's Nine Lives, 2001's Just Push Play and most
recently, 2004's blues covers album Honkin' On Bobo. « hide |
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